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Netherlands · 35 · 6′5″

Virgil van Dijk

LIVLiverpoolMV $16.2Mto 2027

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Defender

Season rating

7.3

Aurai 77.3

Aura Score is PitchMog's 0–100 player rating. It blends every on-ball action (goals, chances, duels, passing, defending) into one number, adjusted for position and opponent. 90+ is world class, 80+ top-tier, 70+ a steady starter.

4 goals · 0 assists · 35 apps

Recent form · last 5

7.5

Season 7.3 · peak 9.2 vs Atletico Madrid

Match rating · last 5 games

7.47.76.68.27.4UZBJAPSWETUNMOR

3-2-0W-D-L

1goals

1assists

480minutes

3shots

1key passes

This season

35 apps · 3,150 min

Goals

Assists

0.00 per 90

Goal involvements

0.11 per 90

Minutes

3,150

35 apps

Style & role

How he plays, in brief

Top strength

Duels

100th percentile

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Defending

1st percentile

Percentile vs defenders · same read as the Stats radar

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How he plays

PitchMog radar · vs position average · percentile 0–100

Virgil van Dijk

Position average

Percentile rank against other defenders in our tracked dataset. The position average is the 50th percentile on every axis by definition.

How to read it: further from the centre is better. The rings mark the 25th, 50th and 75th percentile; the outer edge is the 100th.

Strongest at duels (100th) and rating (98th); defending (1st) is the area to grow.

By the numbers

Per 90 and season totals

Metric	Per 90	Season
Goals	0.11	4
Assists	0.00	0
Shots	0.60	21
Key passes	0.31	11
Take-ons won	0.06	2
Tackles + int.	1.26	44
Goal involvements	0.11	4
Minutes	—	3,150
Appearances	—	35

Shot map

28 shots on record · 8 goals · size = xG

8 goals from 3.9 xG

▲ 4.2 above expected

Chance quality (xG) sized per shot. Totals cover the shots we have on record.

Shots28

On target13· 46%

Conversion28.6%

Avg xG / shot0.14

xG size0.050.20.6

GoalSavedOff target

Where he beats the keeper

Every on-target shot, placed where it arrived on goal · size = xG

3 of 8 beat the keeper in the top half of the goal

Placement pattern across the on-target shots we have on record.

Top corners3

Bottom corners4

Central1

Keeper saved5on target

GoalSaved

How he scores

All 8 goals on record, by situation, foot and minute

By situation

Corner6

Set piece2

Foot & head

Right 0%Left 0%Head 88%

When he strikes

0–15

15–30

30–45

45–60

60–75

75–90

Touch heat map

Touch density across matches on record

44% of his touches are in the left third

Where he had the ball. Touch density from match data, not GPS running. Attacking upward.

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Virgil van Dijk

This season

Style & role

How he plays

By the numbers

Shot map

Where he beats the keeper

How he scores

Touch heat map

Form line

Every match

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Value & transfers

Season by season

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Injury history

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